Inflatable toy.



lM. H.`E|SEMAN. INFLATABLETOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I, 1915- Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20D, 1l91l7 Application filed May 7, 1915. .Serial No.26,548.

ful Improvements inl Inflatable Toys, ofi

which the following is' a specification.

The invention relates to inflatable toys and seeks to provide animproved simple device which can be inexpensively manufactured. Theinvention consists in the features of improvement hereinafterset forth,

'appended claim.

ln the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved toy. Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 but showing the toy in deflatedcondition. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but with the ballooninflated. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation partially broken away of themodification.`

The improved toy comprises a casing of fabric or like inelastic materialof oval, eggshape or other elongated form and a substantially sphericalinflatable balloon within the casing, the balloon being formed of thinelastic rubber and adapted, when inflated, to conform to the outline ofthe elongated casing. Thel improvement may be embodied in differentforms. That shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 comprisesI a toy football.

The casing 10 is formed of segmental sections 11 of fabric or likeinelastic material of low cost, the sections beingstitched togetheralong seams 12 to form a casingof elongated crl oblong form. At onepoint between its ends, the casing is provided with a slit or openingF13, the edges of which areF adapted to be connected by a lacing 14extending through eyelets 15. A flap 16 within the casing extends acrossthe slit or .opening 13 and is stitched to the casing on one side of theopening.

A substantially spherical balloon 17 ofl thin rubber is arranged withinthe casing and is provided with an inflating nipple 18. y

Preferably, the body 17 of the balloon and the nipple 18 are integraland seamless the body of the balloon being substantially spherical. Theballoon is also preferably supported within the casing 17 by passingthe'nipple 18 through an opening of the flap 16. The balloon 17 isformed of thin elastic rubber so that, when itis inflated as shown inFig. 3, it will'distend the elongated oblong casing and conform to theoutline-thereof When the balloon is inflated,

y the nipple 18 can be tied, as indicated at 19 of Fig. 3, and afterthenipple is tucked Within the slit or opening 13, the edges of thelatter can be drawn 'together by the lacing 14.I

l lf desired, the elongatedl or oblong casing may be smaller at one endthan at the other, as indicated at Fig. l andthe toy made to representan animal by a marking or otherwise providing the smaller end of thecasing with features and by stitch-ing lears 20, legs 21 and a tail 22to the casing.

The invention thus provides a simple inexpensive toy which may be ofdi'erent elongated or oval forms'and which can be inflated or distendedby a balloon of thin rubber and of ordinary form.

It is obvious that changes may bel made rubber and adapted, wheninflated, to distend said oblong casingand conform to the elongatedshape thereof, substantially asdescribed.

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